Different and Not Equal: How Poverty, Race, and State-Level Abortion Laws Shape Abortion Timing Among US Women

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dc.contributor.advisorGorman, Bridgeten_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDenney, Justinen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCech, Erinen_US
dc.creatorSolazzo, Alexaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-27T17:24:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-01-27T17:24:04Zen_US
dc.date.created2015-12en_US
dc.date.issued2015-12-03en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2015en_US
dc.date.updated2016-01-27T17:24:04Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe number of regulations surrounding abortion has increased drastically in recent years. How these laws relate to abortion timing is important to assess since the cost, safety, and accessibility of abortion varies by how many weeks pregnant a woman is when the procedure occurs. Research examining how state laws relate to abortion timing generally use rates or data from vital statistics, and while informative, such methods are not able to examine how these laws may be disproportionately associated with the abortion timing among select groups of women, including poor or non-white women. To fill this research gap, I analyze data from the nationally representative 2008 Abortion Patient Survey, with appended information on state laws regarding abortion in 2008. I find that the relationship between abortion timing and state-level abortion laws, such as requiring a waiting period and that doctors perform abortions, is different for black and Hispanic women compared to white women, and that poverty status moderates the association between state laws and abortion timing for black and Hispanic women, while for white women these relationships are the same regardless of poverty status. Overall, this research illustrates the relevance of state-level abortion laws for shaping abortion timing among women, and the importance of considering how these relationships differ across racial and socioeconomic groups.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationSolazzo, Alexa. "Different and Not Equal: How Poverty, Race, and State-Level Abortion Laws Shape Abortion Timing Among US Women." (2015) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88162">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88162</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/88162en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectabortionen_US
dc.subjectstate lawsen_US
dc.subjectabortion timingen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectreproductive healthen_US
dc.titleDifferent and Not Equal: How Poverty, Race, and State-Level Abortion Laws Shape Abortion Timing Among US Womenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.majorPopulation Healthen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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